Apple tablet set for spring launch? — Production is starting and should hit mass-market stride in February, says an analyst — Artist's rendition of an Apple tablet computer, with iPhone. Credit: AppleInsider — “The manufacturing cogs for the tablet are creaking into action,” …

AT&T to New York and San Francisco: We're Working on It — The head of AT&T's wireless unit said Wednesday that the carrier is working to improve its network for iPhone and other smart-phone subscribers in New York and San Francisco. … Manhattan and San Francisco, particularly …

Opening the Gates, and Unleashing Data! — MySpace is a busy place. For example, our users share approximately 35 million public activities and updates per day. As a platform, we're committed to open standards, and providing rich data, available to the world in real-time.

The Droid Has Been Rooted — Now What? — The Motorola/Verizon Droid is a brand new phone today. Like many smartphones before it, the Droid has been rooted so that owners of the Android 2.0-based smartphone can install multitouch support (including pinch-to-zoom gestures), enhanced themes, and other previously forbidden goodies.

Vevo Stumbles Out of the Gate — If Vevo is supposed to be the future of the music industry, that future has gotten off to a slow and ignominious start. Apparently Vevo's servers are still hungover from a wild night of partying with Bono, Adam Lambert, Mariah Carey, and Lady Gaga …

Join this group: Google Groups joins Google Apps — Blogs, wikis, social networks, YouTube and Twitter are changing how many of us connect with others. Yet within most businesses, especially large corporations, the software hasn't evolved much over the last decade.

The American Diet: 34 Gigabytes a Day — A report published Wednesday by the University of California, San Diego, calculates that American households collectively consumed 3.6 zettabytes of information in 2008. The paper — entitled “How Much Information?”

Variety.com behind paywall — Subscribers to get full access to all content — Starting Thursday, Variety will begin its rollout of the website's paywall as part of an overall revamp of the publication's subscription structure. — After clicking on two pages of content at Variety.com …

60 Million People A Month Use Facebook Connect — Facebook's Director Development Network Ethan Beard took the stage at the Le Web conference in Paris to talk about the status of Facebook Connect. — Beard's talk focused on the notion of identity as defined by connections - to people …

First Mobile Firefox enters home stretch — Mozilla is wrapping up work on its first version of Firefox for mobile phones, an important step in bringing the second most popular PC browser to an area where a rival project holds more influence. — “Our goal is to have a release candidate next week …

Text Messages: Digital Lipstick on the Collar — There is a question that has crossed the mind recently of anyone who has sent a cellphone text message while cheating on a spouse: What was I thinking? — Text messages are the new lipstick on the collar, the mislaid credit card bill.

Two Publishers Delay E-Books — Simon & Schuster is delaying by four months the electronic-book editions of about 35 leading titles coming out early next year, taking a dramatic stand against the cut-rate $9.99 pricing of e-book best sellers. — A second publisher, Lagardere SCA's Hachette Book Group …

Future of iTunes — iTunes has revealed its biggest selling singles and albums of 2009, with Black Eyed Peas and Kings of Leon topping the lists. — Lady Gaga also caps an amazing year, making the top three on both rundowns. — The website has also named the debut album of south London trio …

Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition looms into view — GLOBAL - Two guesses what makes the Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition different from the well-loved Nokia 6700 classic. And no, it isn't the included natural leather carrying case and strap or the 8GB microSD card. Still guessing? This one is gold.

FTC Targets RoboCalls — The FTC said Tuesday that it has filed suit against three firms for allegedly making “hundreds of thousands or even millions” of robocalls to consumers in violation of the Do Not Call rule and other laws. The three groups targeted allegedly called consumers in a bid to sell …